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Licence cut over hours' offences
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The Operator's Licence held by Yate-based JE Clark & Co (Transporti has been cut from 40 vehicles and 28 trailers to 30 vehicles and 25 trailers for 60 days following a series of drivers hours offences.
The company was called before Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown after North Avon magistrates ordered it to pay £10,523 In fines and costs for permitting 23 hours offences (CM 5-11 Sept). Seventeen of its drivers had pleaded guilty to hours and tachograph offences.
The TC said the company had displayed a distinct lack of appropriate management action. He singled out director and transport manager Jeremy Clark for falling to ensure that the hours rules were complied with. Though all the tachograph records were analysed, no appropriate action was taken to properly advise, train or discipline its drivers.
Brown remarked that the Transport Tribunal had indicated that it was not enough for directors to perform on a reactive basis as their obligations were proactive. This put an obligation on directors not only to have systems In place, but also to ensure that they worked.
However, the TC found that the company had not lost its repute; he said he was giving it time to demonstrate that it could take appropriate steps to ensure that its drivers complied with the hours and tachograph rules.